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OPINION: Punishment too severe for Paterno, not for everything else

Opinion by Loren Kopff Almost two weeks after the Pennsylvania State University football program got hit with “death penalty”-like sanctions from the NCAA in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky…

Did You Know… Cerritos recently approved a $120.24 million budget

By Cerritos Mayor Jim Edwards My City Council colleagues and I recently approved a $120.24 million combined financial program for fiscal year 2012-2013. The program includes a City operating budget…

OPINION-We Should Not Idle Away Our Time, But Develop Our Ability to Help Others

I hadn’t been visited by VAL LYNDER, DEFENDER Of ALL THAT IS TRUE,  for a while and I began to wonder if she had left the state, when she waltzed…

End of Junior Year Brings New Stress

By Jessica Fang When junior year ended on that Thursday, when the school bells rang, and when mobs of us ran out the gates, I was overwhelmed with happiness. The…

Letters: Thanks LCCN SPORTS for Whitney Tennis Coverage!

Thank you for your coverage of Whitney High School’s tennis team as they competed in the CIF Div. III championship finals. Your sports department actually wrote a full article mentioning…

Letters: Congrats to Artesia for being ‘America In Bloom’

Congratulations to Artesia on your second year of participation in the America in Bloom (AIB) national awards program! Two AIB judges peered through your parks, neighborhoods and business districts on…

Progress Reveals Herself on Artesia’s Thoroughfares

Forty-five years ago, a man named Richard Salisbury won a contest put on by the City of Artesia, which at the time had ten years of incorporation under its belt.…

FRUITCAKE: Do what is Right And Be Content

By Jerry Bernstein My Friend from Fruitcake, Florida looked sad as he walked into the office. “Is something wrong?” I asked. “You look like you lost your best friend.” “I…

LETTER’S: Barrowsgate, Crime, Cover-up and Conspiracy at Cerritos City Hall

Note: Los Cerritos Community Newspaper welcomes letters and opinion pieces from residents and community leaders. All opinions expressed in this letter are of the author, not LCCN. By Chris Fuentes…

LCCN’s Request for Documents to LA City Controller Greuel featured in Huffington Post

LCCN’s Request for Documents to LA City Controller Greuel featured in Huffington Post

Los Cerritos Community Newspaper has been featured in Monday’s Huffington Post in an opinion piece authored by Los Angeles Mayoral Candidate Kevin James. LCCN has sent several formal requests to…

LCCN Readers Sound Off on Barrows/Gray Incident

LCCN Readers Sound Off on Barrows/Gray Incident

Dear Editor: This may also be considered hair-splitting, but several have tossed about the term “assault” and accused Barrows of having committed that crime. When discussing criminal acts we must…

WATCH: Mayor pro tem Barrows comments contradict his own sheriff’s report statement

WATCH: Mayor pro tem Barrows comments contradict his own sheriff’s report statement

See the video here of Mayor pro tem Barrows contradicting his statements in his police report. By Brian Hews   In Council comments at the end of the June 11,…

Eileen Blagden: ‘Losing a Job to Keep Kids Safe’

Note: This was submitted to Los Cerritos Community Newspaper from Eileen Blagden, former Principal at Cecil Stowers Elementary School in Cerritos. The opinions in this letter are those of Ms.…

Letters: 1st CEB Marines Say Thank You to ‘community!’

The following letters were sent by three members of the 1st CEB Bravo Headquarters in Afghanistan thanking us , the residents of Cerritos, for the recent care packages sent to…

One Does Not Have a Fruitcake: Claim on Life Only the Right to Use it

By Jerry Bernstein Sometimes I think my Friend from Fruitcake, Florida has a crystal ball, which he looks at, and it tells him what is going on. A few days…

PUBLISHERS RANT: Cerritos Mayor Pro-Tem Barrows calls resident A**hole

This is a Publishers Rant from Los Cerritos Community Newspaper regarding the current situation involving Cerritos Mayor Pro-Tem Bruce Barrows. By Brian Hews, Publisher A**hole! A despicable word when, used…

LETTERS ON BAROWS: Ruffled Feathers after City Council Meeting

(Note: The following letter to the editor was sent to LCCN by Cerritos Community leader Chuck Sooter regarding the recent incident involving Mayor Pro-Tem Bruce Barrows.) Dear Editor: As reported…

Voices from the Community: Why We Should Spend More

Los Cerritos Community Newspaper welcomes your opinion and thoughts on issues important to all of us. This is from Bell community leader Mario Rivas. By Mario Rivas Spend more? Given…

Jaimes, Ian Calderon top 57th Assembly District Campaign in close, tight battle

Jaimes, Ian Calderon top 57th Assembly District Campaign in close, tight battle

By Brian Hews In one of the closest campaigns to be held in California’s new “open primary” on Tuesday, Democrat Ian Calderon appears to be headed to a November runoff…

It is Time for Change

By Brian Hews Norwalk just endured its 8th-something murder. The rate is on a record pace, yet Mayor Kelley sits at the council dais and does nothing. No town hall…